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Jury foreperson in New Hampshire youth center abuse trial 'devastated' that award could be slashed 05/04/2024 08:15pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� Attorneys for a New Hampshire man who prevailed in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at a state-run youth detention center are asking for a hearing after the jury foreperson expressed dismay that the $38 million award could be slashed to $475,000. Jurors on Friday awarded $18 mill Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments 05/03/2024 10:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Anti-war demonstrations ceased this week at a small number of U.S. universities after school leaders struck deals with pro-Palestinian protesters, fending off possible disruptions of final exams and graduation ceremonies. The agreements at schools including Brown, Northwestern and Arizona is boosting efforts to protect people from the extreme heat after hundreds died last summer 05/03/2024 07:02pm • TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) ��� Arizona's new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit groups to open more cooling centers and ensure homes have working air conditioners this summer in a more unified effort to prevent another ghastly toll of heat-related deaths, which t New Hampshire jury finds state liable for abuse at youth detention center and awards victim $38M 05/03/2024 05:45pm • BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) ��� A New Hampshire jury awarded $38 million to the man who blew the lid off abuse allegations at the state���s youth detention center Friday, finding in a landmark case that the state���s negligence allowed him to be beaten, raped and held in solitary confinement as a teen. Da Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day 05/03/2024 11:50am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. Things kick off in NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 05/03/2024 11:08am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. ___ Video shows Robert De Niro rehearsing for a Netflix series, not yell Roofers Union DC reboot: New owners, (mostly) same vibe 05/03/2024 10:45am • When Roofers Union, the multi-level bar and restaurant on 18th Street Northwest in Adams Morgan, closed last November, the proprietors of neighboring business Code Red saw an opportunity. The Code Red team ��� led by Nik Namdar and Natalia Alexander ��� bought all the furniture and fixtures, Japan's Kishida unveils a framework for global regulation of generative AI 05/02/2024 09:17pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida unveiled an international framework for regulation and use of generative AI on Thursday, adding to global efforts on governance for the rapidly advancing technology. Kishida made the announcement in a speech at the Paris-based Organization for Ec College Admitted Student Days: What to Know 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Each spring, colleges hold admitted student days exclusively for accepted students. It's a chance for them and their families to ask questions of faculty, meet current students and future classmates, learn about programs and see what life on campus is like. Admitted student days usually are held bef Jurors hear closing arguments in landmark case alleging abuse at New Hampshire youth center 05/02/2024 06:27pm • BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) ��� Jurors heard closing arguments Thursday in a landmark case seeking to hold the state of New Hampshire accountable for abuse at its youth detention center. The plaintiff, David Meehan, went to police in 2017 and sued the state three years later alleging he was brutally beaten Wake up, sleeping beauties. It's almost Met Gala time 05/02/2024 03:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� True love's kiss or an invite to the Met Gala? Those in the rarefied ranks of international celebrity ��� and Anna Wintour's good graces ��� need not choose. Stars of film, fashion, music, sports, politics and social media will ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Iowa investigator's email says athlete gambling sting was a chance to impress higher-ups and public 05/02/2024 03:32pm • A criminal investigator for the state of Iowa suggested to colleagues last year that busting college athletes for online sports betting would impress the public and ���the powers that be��� and perhaps nudge lawmakers toward updating gambling laws. ���If they get suspended or get a scholarship taken Transgender Tennesseans want state's refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional 05/02/2024 03:17pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� A federal appeals court heard arguments on Thursday over a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates. The lawsuit was first filed in federal court in Nashville in 2019 by transgender Tennes More than 16K pounds of ground beef sold at Walmart recalled for potential E. coli contamination 05/02/2024 12:42pm • Via USDA(NEW YORK) -- A meat processor has recalled approximately 16,234 pounds of raw ground beef products processed in its Pennsylvania facility that may be contaminated with E. coli.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the recall Wednesday with Cargill Police arrest Polish teenager suspected of throwing firebombs at synagogue 05/02/2024 05:13am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� Polish police have arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of attacking a synagogue with Molotov cocktails and said they plan to ask prosecutors on Thursday to open an investigation. The No��yk Synagogue was attacked around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, sustaining some damage to its